firefox CLI new window

[Kam Leo]

On 5/11/07, Tony Crouch <acrouch2 at une.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to open a new firefox window
> when you already have one instance of the window already open.
>
> For example, I may have a firefox window already open in Gnome window 1.
> I then move to Gnome window 2, open a terminal window and type:
>
> firefox `pwd`/fav_html_file.html
>
> to open a desired html file.
>
> However, firefox does not open a "new" window. It just opens a new "tab"
> in the original Gnome window 1 instance of firefox.
>
> I was wondering if anyone would know how to force firefox to open a new
> instance of itself (i.e. a new firefox window) in the current Gnome
> window.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> All the best.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony Crouch

OK, obligatory question: Did you try File->New Window ?